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* Wireless overlay network: allow existing Internet users to create a backchannel to share information among each other * Sharing bandwidth: using existing Internet connections to 'unwire' other users while giving them Net access * City-wide roaming: enabling wireless devices to roam all over the city while remaining connected to the Net |
* ManOverlay: allow existing Internet users to create a backchannel to share information among each other * ManSharing: using existing Internet connections to 'unwire' other users while giving them Net access * ManRoaming: enabling wireless devices to roam all over the city while remaining connected to the Net |
Goals of a MetropolitanAreaNetwork
There are several competing but mostly complementary goals for a MAN. They reflect different philosophies of what community wireless is all about, but in the long run can likely all be implemented at the same time, albeit with significant complexity.
ManOverlay: allow existing Internet users to create a backchannel to share information among each other
ManSharing: using existing Internet connections to 'unwire' other users while giving them Net access
ManRoaming: enabling wireless devices to roam all over the city while remaining connected to the Net